NYS DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL

Landlord's Request to Amend Rent Registration Was Premature

September 24, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend the 2016 annual rent registration for one apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that it was premature to amend that registration in light of a pending DHCR...

Landlord Can't Amend 2007 Rent Registration

September 24, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to amend its 2007 annual rent registration for one apartment that landlord claimed was incorrectly registered as rent stabilized rather then temporarily exempt. The DRA ruled...

Rent Restoration Denied After Inspection Showed New Potholes in Parking Lot

September 24, 2019    

Tenants complained of a reduction in building-wide services based on defects in the building's parking lot pavement. The DRA ruled for tenants and reduced their rents. Landlord later requested rent restoration...

Tenants in Occupancy When DOB Issued Sign-Off Remained Stabilized After Substantial Rehab

September 24, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a ruling that its building was exempt from rent regulation due to substantial rehabilitation after Jan. 1, 1974. The DRA ruled for landlord but stated that all tenants who lived in the...

Landlord Submits Insufficient Proof That Building Is Exempt from Stabilization

September 24, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for a determination that its building wasn't subject to rent stabilization. The DRA ruled against landlord, who appealed and lost. Landlord claimed that the building was vacant from 1989...

Landlord Can Replace Gas Stoves and Furnaces with Electric Appliances

September 24, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to replace all gas cooking stoves and furnaces used for heat with electric appliances to provide the same stove and heat furnace services. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenants...

Apartment Occupied by Deceased Landlord's Daughter Was Temporarily Exempt

September 24, 2019    

Landlord, the building's trustee, asked the DHCR to determine whether an apartment in the building was temporarily exempt from rent stabilization due to owner occupancy. The DRA ruled that, since the apartment...

Landlord Can Replace Gas Stoves with Electric Stoves Without Reducing Rents

September 24, 2019    

Landlord asked the DHCR for permission to modify services of rent-stabilized tenants by replacing gas stoves with electric stoves. The DRA ruled for landlord. Tenant appealed and argued that the conversion wasn't...

No Delay Warranted of Timely Renewal Lease Commencement Date

September 24, 2019    

Rent-stabilized tenant complained that landlord didn't send him a fully executed copy of a renewal lease offer that tenant had signed. Landlord claimed that he hadn't received a signed copy back from tenant...

Deregulation Application Dismissed Due to DTF's Inability to Make Tax Match

September 24, 2019    

Landlord applied in 2017 for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment. The DRA ruled against landlord because the Department of Taxation and Finance (DTF) was unable to match a tax...

Repeal of Deregulation Provisions Was Grounds for Denial of Landlord's PAR

September 24, 2019    

Landlord applied for high-rent/high-income deregulation of tenant's rent-stabilized apartment in 2010. The DRA ruled against landlord, finding that the annual household income for tenant and her adult daughter...

Landlord Can Replace Metal Keys with Key Fob System

September 24, 2019    

(Decision submitted by Mary D. Milone of the Manhattan law firm of Borah, Goldstein, Altschuler, Nahins & Goidel, P.C., attorneys for the landlord.)